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NEWPORT NEWS — A man already sentenced in Hampton to serve 42 years in prison for eight robberies was sentenced in Circuit Court on Tuesday to 15 more years for three other robberies.

Anthony Page, 25, of the 100 block of Kathann Drive, was sentenced in Hampton Circuit Court earlier this spring to 82 years in prison with 40 years suspended. He received no suspended time Tuesday.

All the robberies were at businesses and included holdups at motels, variety stores and dry cleaners. Page was arrested Jan. 23 after his car was stopped because it matched the description of one used in a robbery.

In other recent Circuit Court cases:

* William A. Hairel, 20, of the 1200 block of Tyler Avenue, received a one-year suspended jail sentence for threatening to bomb a house in the 6100 block of Grayson Avenue with a Molotov cocktail.

Police said that after Hairel tried to light the gasoline bomb and use it, a young man who lived in the house chased him with a hatchet. Hairel was arrested Aug. 31 after he went to a hospital to be treated for a wound from the hatchet.

* Sarah LaFreniere, 25, received a five-year prison sentence with four years suspended for possessing cocaine with intent to sell it. She also was fined $250. LaFreniere was arrested after police raided her motel room at the Olde London Inn Motor Hotel, 11103 Jefferson Ave., Jan. 11. Her husband, Harold, is one of several motorcycle gang members convicted of federal drug charges last year.

* Charles H. Charity III, 20, of the 900 block of 14th Street, was convicted of burglary and grand larceny for a March 7 break-in at Wilcox Bait and Tackle, 9501 Jefferson Ave. Nine handguns worth $4,000 were stolen. Charity will be sentenced July 21.

* Ronald E. Morst, 22, of the 500 block of 17th Street, was sentenced to 10 years in prison with five years suspended for the same burglary and one at Go-Ho Auto Audio, 10817 Warwick Blvd., in which 30 car stereos valued at $17,000 were taken Feb. 22.

* Vincent Cheeseman, 28, of the 4500 block of Madison Avenue, was sentenced to 10 years in prison with nine years suspended for aggravated sexual battery. He originally had been charged with raping a 12-year-old girl three times between April and June last year.

* Christopher T. Robinson, 22, of the 3700 block of Kecoughtan Road, Hampton, received a one-year suspended jail sentence and was ordered to perform 240 hours of community work for trespassing at a doctor's office in the Oyster Point area Dec. 15. He originally had been charged with burglary. Two other burglary charges and one of attempted grand larceny were dropped by prosecutors.

* Larry D. Green, 23, of the 4500 block of Baughman Court, was sentenced to 10 years in prison with five years suspended for robbing Diamond Pharmacy, 5416 Jefferson Ave., on March 14. He also was ordered to pay $70 restitution to the pharmacy.